It’s June and it’s Pride month. Here at Eurovision Ireland, we are going to highlight some of the LGBTQ+ artists to have participated in the Eurovision Song Contest. For June 18th, we are continuing with Bilal Hassani. He represented France with “Roi”, taking 16th place with 105 points. […]
Today, the 2024 UEFA European Championships continue and we have added a Eurovision twist to the proceedings. Today is match day four, with the eighth, ninth and tenth match of the Championships – Romania vs. Ukraine is the eighth match. But who will win? For the eighth match, […]
#OBITUARY: Françoise Hardy has died aged 80 French singer-songwriter, actress and model Françoise Hardy has died after a long period of ill health, aged 80. Whilst France, she represented Monaco in the 1963 Eurovision Song Contest. Françoise was born in Paris in 1944. After a troubled childhood she […]
#BIRTHDAY: Amandine Bourgeois from France is 45 today It’s an old adage that anyone can won our favourite TV show. If the song’s good enough, it’ll shine through. And past performance is no guide to future performance. Take France for example, only going and finishing second in Rotterdam […]
#BIRTHDAY: Roger Bens from France is 66 today It’s often debated which song contest is the best one ever. The one that took place in Göteborg/Gothenburg in 1985 will rank there among the best. It had some great songs, some tight voting, and Lys Assia. Representing France – […]
#BIRTHDAY: Nathalie Pâque is 47 today You may think that the winners are the most important things to come out of the contest. They are one of them, obviously, but sometimes you have to look deeper to pick out other important aspects. Today’s birthday girl brought about a […]
#ESC2024: The best/worst lyrics of the final? We all know that a killer lyric can be key to success (or failure). We’ve taken a look at those songs competing in the Grand Final, to see if there’s anything that will earn them those crucial extra points that could […]
With the semi finals done and dusted for another year, it’s time for one of our most popular annual articles – let’s find out which countries have had their qualification rates improved the most by reaching the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 and who has […]
#ESC24: Live Blog the Grand Final, Dress Rehearsal 1 – from 12:30 BST/13:30 CEST The Friday afternoon technical rehearsal is the first time we get to see how the Grand Final hangs together. It’s bound to involve a few hiccups here and there, but it’s also bound to […]
#BIRTHDAY: Marie Myriam from France is 67 today A winner? Well, someone has to. And this year it will be one of 37. Well, we can probably discount more than half of the field before they’ve sung a note in competition. Back in 1977, the field was a […]